Failure of a strengthened intermediate lever (F.86039) and a request for a redesigned version.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 151\2\ scan0244 | |
| Date | 29th May 1934 | |
| X 409 s RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Les. 20/KW. 29.5.34. Shock Dampers. The strengthened intermediate lever F.86039 has proved to be unsuccessful on the Bumper Chassis, as the lever becomes loose on the square. In order to get a more uniform stress in this lever we were trying to take most of the load on only 2 corners of the square. Will you therefore produce 4 levers to F.86039, with the square hole similar to F.85054. On 2 of these levers we should like a .100" radius in the corner of the square. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Les. | ||
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).